Birds are among the most fascinating creatures on Earth, with nearly 10,000 species inhabiting various ecosystems. Birds have ...

1. The wandering albatross is a feathered giant having the longest wingspan of any bird, at up to 3.5m (11ft)! 2. Albatrosses can travel at speeds of up to 140km/h. 3. They are so efficient in ...

But after a necessarily strict gear quarantine – important to protect the island's unique and untouched ecosystem ... the incredible Antipodean wandering albatross which have been foraging ...

But each wandering albatross could potentially cover the ... and manage the marine ecosystem as a whole. As ocean sentinels, albatrosses have a unique ability to collect the data needed for ...

At South Georgia, wandering albatrosses have declined since the 1970s, and are listed by the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) as one of nine global High-Priority ...

Holding the record for the largest wingspan of any living bird, the wandering albatross is a master of oceanic flight. It can travel thousands of kilometres using wind currents, barely needing to ...